Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA
Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007
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Ohlson Herman 000928 p10
Herman Ohlson 85; Services will be held today (Thursday) for life-long Patterson resident Herman Olhson. He died last
Saturday at the San Luis Convalescent Hospital in Newman. He was 85. A service is scheduled for 11 a.m. at Patterson
Covenant Church where he was a longtime member. Burial in the San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery near Santa
Nella will follow. Visitation will be today from 8:30 to 11 am at the church. Hillview Funeral Chapel is in charge of the
arrangements. He was the son of Erick Wilhelm and Agnes Ohlson who immigrated to this country from Sweden. He
farmed here for 60 years and served in the U.S. Army as a radio operator during World War II, seeing action on Luzon in
the southern Philippine campaign. He was a longtime member of American Legion Post 168 and was a past commander
of the post. Survivors include a son, Brooks Ohlson of Granite Bay; a daughter, Janice Brooks of San Jose; three
grandchildren; and a brother, Alvin Ohlson of Modesto. He was preceded in death last February by his wife Sylvia.
Remembrances should be sent to the Patterson Covenant Church Memorial Fund, 435 W. Las Palmas Ave., Patterson.